Data Catalogue
The data catalogue contains a list of water science data sources available for download. The list of resources provided here are from external sources and are for informational purposes only.
Pan-Canada
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Environment and Climate Change Canada |
The Water Survey of Canada shows real time and historical hydrometric data collected from stations across Canada. |
Datasets & online graphing tools |
Pan-Canada |
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Government of Canada | Environment and Natural Resources |
The Canadian Centre for Climate Services provides access to a variety of climate datasets. |
Datasets & online mapping tools |
Pan-Canada |
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Government of Canada
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The National Hydro Network (NHN) Geobase Series provides geospatial data and geometric attributes of Canada’s inland surface waters. |
Shapefiles |
Pan-Canada |
https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/a4b190fe-e090-4e6d-881e-b87956c07977 |
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The Canadian Tides and Water Levels Data Archive contains historical observations from Canadian and global monitoring sites. |
Datasets |
Pan-Canada (observations for up to 50 years, dating back to 1848) |
https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/87b08750-4180-4d31-9414-a9470eba9b42 |
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The Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC) 50 North Atlantic Wave Hindcast provides hourly wind and wave time series data from climate hindcast models. |
Datasets |
Canadian East Coast for the period 1954-2018 |
https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/f3f0312d-d28b-400c-b14a-28f51ff7f08a |
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The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) |
The Ice Climatology dataset contains long-term information on ice conditions over specific geographic regions. |
Datasets |
Arctic/Antarctic |
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Natural Resources Canada |
Canada's Climate Change Adaptation Platform provides links to various resources to support adaptation planning. |
Collaborative forum with resources available for decision-makers |
Pan-Canada |
https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/climate-change/impacts-adaptations/adapting-our-changing-climate/10027 |
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The Federal Flood Mapping Guidelines Series guide flood mapping activities across the country. (Part of Canada's Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction) |
Documents |
Pan-Canada |
https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/mrgnc-mngmnt/dsstr-prvntn-mtgtn/ndmp/fldpln-mppng-en.aspx |
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Fisheries and Oceans Canada |
The Canadian Extreme Water Level Adaptation Tool supports the adaptation of coastal infrastructure to water-related extremes. |
Online application |
Coastal line of Canada |
http://www.bio.gc.ca/science/data-donnees/can-ewlat/index-en.php |
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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) |
The Drought Watch website provides information on drought conditions, soil moisture, and other climate variables. |
Datasets and online mapping tools |
Pan-Canada |
http://www.agr.gc.ca/eng/programs-and-services/drought-watch/?id=1461263317515 |
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The AAFC Watershed project (2013) provides watershed related datasets for the Prairie provinces. Data includes drainage information, area of drainage, information on gauging stations, etc. |
Datasets |
Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and some portions of British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Ontario. |
https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/c20d97e7-60d8-4df8-8611-4d499a796493 |
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Public Safety Canada |
The Canadian Disaster Database provides information on Canadian and international disasters since 1900. |
Datasets |
Pan-Canada (1900-present) |
https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/cndn-dsstr-dtbs/index-en.aspx |
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Global Institute for Water Security |
The Changing Cold Regions Network provides online access to water-related data and outputs from models and observatories. |
Datasets |
Pan-Canada |
Atlantic Canada
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Atlantic Climate Adaptation Solutions Association |
The Coastal Community Adaptation Tool supports decision-making around coastal flooding and erosion. |
Reports and case studies |
Atlantic Canada |
https://atlanticadaptation.ca/en/content/guidance-coastal-flooding-and-erosion-adaptation |
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Government of Newfoundland and Labrador |
The interactive Geoscience Atlas allows users to select and view layers that includes coastal monitoring variables. |
Datasets and mapping tools |
Newfoundland and Labrador |
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Nova Scotia Community College |
The AGRG Coastal Storm Surge Interactive Map is a Decision Support System for flood risk from storm surges and sea-level rise. |
Interactive map and data |
Nova Scotia |
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Government of Nova Scotia
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The Flood Event Database contains historical records of flood events in Nova Scotia since 1992. |
Interactive map |
Nova Scotia 1992-Feb, 2015 |
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The DNR Coastal Flood Risk Map provides static coastal flood risk maps, and emergency coastal flooding decision support systems for different regions of the province. |
Interactive map |
Nova Scotia |
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The Potential Impact of Drought to Private Wells gridded interactive map shows potential water shortages and drought risk. |
Interactive map |
Nova Scotia |
https://fletcher.novascotia.ca/DNRViewer/?viewer=DroughtIndex |
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Prince Edward Island |
The Surface Water Quality Database provides information about sampling locations, downloadable data and visualizations. |
Datasets and visualization tools |
Prince Edward Island |
https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/service/view-surface-water-quality |
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New Brunswick
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The River Watch and Flood Forecast tool provides 5-day flood forecasts and historical water level information. |
Datasets |
New Brunswick |
https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/news/public_alerts/river_watch.html |
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Coastal Erosion Data displays trends of coastal erosion and shoreline displacement based on specific measurement sites. |
Datasets |
New Brunswick |
Ontario
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Government of Ontario |
Baseline Hydrology Statistics provides data on streamflow regimes for Southwestern Hudson Bay and Nelson River watershed systems. Data includes frequency, timing, duration and discharge at Water Survey Canada gauge locations. |
Datasets |
Ontario, Southwestern Hudson Bay and Nelson River Watershed |
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Far North Major River Systems Maps provide stream and climate monitoring information. |
Interactive map and downloadable datasets |
Ontario |
https://geohub.lio.gov.on.ca/datasets/major-river-systems-in-the-far-north |
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Provincial (Stream) Water Quality Monitoring Network map online provides water chemistry data from sampling sites. |
Interactive map and downloadable datasets |
Ontario |
https://www.ontario.ca/environment-and-energy/map-provincial-stream-water-quality-monitoring-network |
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Ontario Ministry of Transportation |
The Intensity-Duration-Frequency Curve Lookup is a web-based application to retrieve rainfall IDF curves. |
Datasets and online graphing |
Ontario |
http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/IDF_Curves/terms.shtml |
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Ontario Climate Consortium |
The OCC website provides high quality and regionally specific climate information for decision makers. |
Reports and other publications |
Ontario |
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International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) |
IISD Experimental Lakes Area provides long-term ecosystem and atmospheric datasets available by request. The metadata includes hydrology, physical limnology, zooplankton, fish, algae ecology, chemistry and meteorology research data. |
Metadata |
Northwestern Ontario (58 small lakes and their watersheds) (1968-present) |
Quebec
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Quebec |
Ministère de l'Environnement et de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques's Water expertise and dams department provides hydrological and hydroclimaotological forecasts, and historical data. |
Datasets |
Quebec |
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The Hydroclimatic Atlas of Southern Quebec describes the current and future water regime of southern Quebec. |
Interactive map & Datasets |
Quebec |
Manitoba
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Government of Manitoba
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The Manitoba Drought Monitor website provides hydrologic forecasts, reports, flood alerts and drought information. |
Interactive map and downloadable datasets |
Manitoba |
https://manitoba.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=93ef098c9b434f6b92a6cfb9419adc68 |
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The Hydrologic Forecast Centre: Provides timely hydrologic forecasts, maps and information for lakes and rivers. |
Data & interactive map |
Manitoba |
Saskatchewan
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Saskatchewan Water Security Agency |
The Lakes and Rivers website section provides near real-time stream flow, water levels and ten-day forecasts. |
Hydrographs and streamflow data |
Saskatchewan |
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The Water Wells GIS web application provides information on Water Wells in Saskatchewan, including information on local lithology, completion date, and well depth. |
Interactive map with downloadable datasets |
Saskatchewan |
https://gis.wsask.ca/Html5Viewer/index.html?viewer=WaterWells.WellsViewer/ |
Alberta
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Government of Alberta
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Surface Water Quality Data users can view and download water quality variables in lakes and rivers across the province. |
Datasets & interactive map |
Alberta |
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The Alberta River Basins Application is an interactive map showing a variety of near real-time water-related data. |
Interactive map and downloadable datasets |
Alberta |
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The Alberta Water License Viewer is an interactive web application that allows users to search for existing water licences. |
Interactive map |
Alberta |
British Columbia
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Government of British Columbia
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The BC Water Resources Atlas displays various detailed water-related data. |
Dataset & online mapping tool |
British Columbia |
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Change in Timing and Volume of River Flow in BC is a long-term hydrological data set from 1912 to 2012. |
Datasets, graphs and associated R code |
British Columbia |
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/soe/indicators/climate-change/rivers.html |
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The GeoWeb Water Portal displays historical and current water and climate data for stations across the province. |
Interactive map and downloadable datasets |
Northern British Columbia |
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BC Water Tool displays watershed reporting, streamflow data, and groundwater and surface water quality data. |
Interactive online map and downloadable datasets |
Southern and coastal British Columbia |
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The Provincial Groundwater Observation Well Network displays data from 190 provincial monitoring stations. |
Interactive online map and downloadable dataset |
British Columbia |
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Real-time Water Data for snow, groundwater, and hydrometric stations displayed on interactive map.
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Interactive map and downloadable datasets |
British Columbia |
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Change in Sea Level in BC (1910-2014) displays summary trends of sea level observations from 4 long-term monitoring stations. |
Dataset |
British Columbia |
https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/indicator-summary-data-change-in-sea-level-in-bc-1910-2014- |
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Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium |
Station Hydrologic Model Output provides simulated streamflow data for locations throughout BC. |
Interactive map with downloadable datasets |
British Columbia |
https://www.pacificclimate.org/data/station-hydrologic-model-output |
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Gridded Hydrologic Model Output provides gridded hydrologic projections for four watersheds in the province. |
Interactive map with downloadable datasets |
British Columbia (Four watersheds) |
https://www.pacificclimate.org/data/gridded-hydrologic-model-output |
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PCIC’s Climate Explorer (PCEX) visualizes future projections of climate conditions in the Pacific and Yukon regions based on GCM CMIP5 10 km resolution downscaled data with a daily time resolution. |
Interactive map, graphs, downloadable datasets |
Pacific and Yukon regions (1961-2099) |
https://pacificclimate.org/analysis-tools/pcic-climate-explorer |
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Fraser Basin Council |
The Retooling for Climate Change website support local governments in preparing for climate change adaptation. |
Guidebooks, synthesis reports, and other informational material |
British Columbia |
Yukon and Northwestern Territories
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Government of Yukon |
The Water Data Catalogue is an interactive map information on near real-time and historical water-related variables. |
Interactive map with accessible data sources |
Yukon |
http://yukon.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=2365a4c0b8744f34be7f1451a38493d2 |
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Government of Northwest Territories
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The NWT Discovery Portal allows users to browse, share and link a wide range of information, including water related variables. |
Variable |
Northwest Territories |
http://nwtdiscoveryportal.enr.gov.nt.ca/geoportal/catalog/main/home.page |
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The Inventory of Landscape Change platform is an interactive map showing a variety of water variables. |
Spatial data |
North West Territories |
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Mackenzie DataStream is an open access platform to share information on freshwater health in the Mackenzie River Basin. |
Interactive map and downloadable datasets |
North West Territories |
https://mackenziedatastream.ca/#/search?sort=modified&active=false |
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Government of Nunavut |
The Nunavut Water Board provides a data on water licences and projects across the territory. |
Interactive map and data |
Nunavut |